shelve slow in python 2.3.3 for windows

[Skip Montanaro]

    Skip> 'dbhash' and 'bsddb185' are really the same beast.

    Marco> Now the question is: is it possible to use bsddb185 with python
    Marco> 2.3.3?

    Skip> You're barking up the wrong tree.  That's not the problem.

    Marco> So you're telling me that dbhash (namely
    Marco> /python2.3/DLLs/_bsddp.pyd) on python 2.3.3 for Windows has a
    Marco> problem?

It would seem so.  See my most recent post to your bug report.  Switching
between bsddb.hashopen and bsddb.btopen seems to make a huge difference.

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